Jane Addams and Her Vision of America

Name: Jane Addams and Her Vision of America
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ISBN: 9780205598403

ISBN-10: 0205598404

ISBN-13: 9780205598403

Edition: 2012

Authors: Sandra Opdycke

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Jane Addams and Her Vision of America brings Addams' life and work alive in a way that no account has before. The book is a presentation of Jane Addams' story in clear, non-technical language, focusing primarily on her philosophy and achievements as well as their significance in her own time and ours. Paperback, brief and inexpensive, each of the titles in the Library of American Biography series focuses on a figure whose actions and ideas significantly influenced the course of American history and national life. In addition, each biography relates the life of its subject to the broader themes and developments of the times.

Book details

List price: $34.56
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Pearson Education, Limited
Publication date: 7/6/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 4.90" wide x 7.60" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.616
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Inventing a Life of Service



Finding the Path



Reaching Out to the Neighbors



Putting Democracy into Practice



Choosing Collaboration



Working for Reform



Focusing on Women



Nourishing the Spirit of Young People



Speaking up for Labor



Taking Progressivism to the Nation



Broader Horizons



Trying to Stop a War



Searching for Hope in the 1920s



Looking Forward, Looking Backward



Leaving a Legacy


Discussion Questions


A Note on the Sources


Index